Senior Software Development Engineer

Your work days are brighter here.

Were obsessed with making hard work pay off for our people our customers and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people money and agents were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join youll feel it. Not just in the products we build but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity empathy and shared enthusiasm. Were in this together tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether youre building smarter solutions supporting customers or creating a space where everyone belongs youll do meaningful work with Workmates whove got your return well give you the trust to take risks the tools to grow the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone including yourself youve found a match in Workday and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

About the Role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer on the Developer Agent team you will design and build core platform capabilities that advance Workday toward more AI powered agentic developer experiences and workflows . You will deliver high-impact technical work contribute to architecture and API/SDK design and collaborate across product and engineering teams to ship reliable scalable services and tools consumed by external developers.

In this role you will:

• Collaborate closely with principal engineers product managers and cross-functional teams to translate high level requirements into well-scoped executable engineering work.

• Uphold API governance and engineering best practices within your team including versioning backward compatibility and security standards for public-facing surfaces.

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code review design feedback and pairing and help raise the technical bar on the team.

• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to build-vs-integrate decisions for platform components with grounding in real-world tradeoffs of scale and maintainability.

• Write clear technical documentation for your features and contribute to internal engineering knowledge bases.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 8 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated senior-level ownership of complex production systems.

• 8 years of experience in JVM-based backend development (Java or Kotlin) with proficiency in the Spring Boot framework.

• 8 years of proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript including experience with React.

• 5 years developing RESTful APIs and manage complex third-party API integrations.

• 5 years with hands-on experience deploying and operating production services in a cloud-native environment.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience
  

Other Qualifications

• AI & Agentic Systems: Familiarity with large language model integration strategies such as OpenAI-compatible APIs data streaming and tool/function calling. You understand agentic architectures and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a producer or consumer.

• Agentic Coding Tools: Hands on experience with AI coding agents such as Cursor Claude Code Windsurf or Cline.

• Backend API Development: You are comfortable implementing real-time streaming (SSE/WebSockets) and OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

• Frontend & React: Proficiency in modern frontend technologies including React HTML and CSS to deliver high-quality developer-facing interfaces.

• Code Quality & Testing: A strong commitment to testing methodologies using frameworks like Jest React Testing Library JUnit Cypress & similar. You are capable of authoring stable reliable tests for asynchronous logic and multi-turn AI interaction patterns.

• Observability & Operations: Background in application observability including error tracking metrics instrumentation and product analytics. Familiarity with managing CI/CD workflows via GitHub Actions Jenkins or other cloud deployment pipelines and extension publishing environments like the VS Code Marketplace.

The following are advantageous but not required:

• Familiarity with LangChain or comparable LLM orchestration frameworks

• Hands-on experience with cloud development technologies and platforms (AWS Kubernetes Helm) is a plus

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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